The Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to implement targeted, deliberate policies to make Ghana self-sufficient in chicken production and save the nation from the huge poultry import bill.

The Bawku West District Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization (NDAMO), Daniel Anania Atampuba, says a total of 1000 farmers in six communities in the district, have had their crops destroyed by flood as a result of the overflow of the White Volta, which passes through the district.